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HB5333 • 2026

To allow patients to refuse residents and medical students from observing or performing medical care on patients

To allow patients to refuse residents and medical students from observing or performing medical care on patients

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Young
Last action
2026-02-09
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H To House Health and Human Resources 02/09/26
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To allow patients to refuse residents and medical students from observing or performing medical care on patients

To allow patients to refuse residents and medical students from observing or performing medical care on patients

What This Bill Does

  • To allow patients to refuse residents and medical students from observing or performing medical care on patients

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-09 H

    To House Health and Human Resources

  2. 2026-02-09 H

    Introduced in House

  3. 2026-02-09 H

    To Health and Human Resources

  4. 2026-02-09 H

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

To allow patients to refuse residents and medical students from observing or performing medical care on patients

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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026
REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 5333
By Delegate Young
[Introduced February 09, 2026; referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §30-3-21, relating to providing that patients undergoing medical procedures may refuse to have such procedures observed by residents and medical students at the hospital.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 3. west virginia medical practice act.

§30-3-21. Patient right to refuse observation by residents and medical students.

Patients may refuse residents and medical students from observing or performing medical care on them. Each hospital shall implement a policy to ensure that patients are informed of their right to refuse such observations.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow for patients to refuse to have their procedures observed by residents of the hospital or medical students.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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